How Important Is Water Conservation ?

By Scott Rodgers

Water is present everywhere, so why do we need to conserve it? Many people think this way but it is true that we are in urgent need of saving water. Individual often thinks, what I could do alone? But if every individual will start thinking like this, who is going to save it? Hence, we all need to take a step ahead without caring for others.

But we can't do anything just by sitting and thinking. We need to change our lifestyle. If we do a little in conserving water, we can make a huge difference to the environment. We have talked a lot about water conservation, but what does water conservation actually means?

Controlling, protecting, managing and planning for the wise use of water resources is basically water conservation. Water conservation is not a single person's job, but it is the responsibility of each and every individual.

Water is the foundation of food and life. After air, water is the most valuable resource. We cannot even think of living without water. Saving water now means, we are helping future generations to have adequate supply of water.

After knowing the importance of water in our life, we should device all possible ways to save water like using water efficient toilets, water saving shower heads, water recycling and many more.

Water is a scarce resource, we have the same amount of water now as there was when the earth was created. 97% of water on earth is salt water in the ocean which is not suitable for drinking, 2% of it is locked in ice caps and rest 1% is available for human needs. An average person can survive for nearly 2 months without food, but less than a week without drinking water.

As we are living on such a small percentage of water, it is damn essential for us to conserve it for our future generation also. Since we all are enjoying the benefits of having pure water, we must maintain its purity for others as well.

Increasing population is a threat for water availability. But, a lot can be done to reduce water consumption. There are many things that we can do to conserve water by a little bit of extra effort. Save the water, its all we've got! - 30517

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